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Muslims believe that God revealed the Holy Qur'an to the Prophet Muhammad literally, word-for-word, in the Arabic language. Thus, Arabic is regarded as the holy language of Islam. |
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Muslims believe that God revealed the Holy Qur'an to the Prophet Muhammad literally, word-for-word, in the Arabic language. Thus, Arabic is regarded as the holy language of Islam. |
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However, there is no single "Muslim language" per se, as the faith of Muslims (that is, Islam) is shared by people of many different ethnicities and languages: |
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However, there is no single "Muslim language" per se, as the faith of Muslims (that is, Islam) is shared by people of many different ethnicities and languages: |
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*Afghanistan has three major languages, Pashtu?, Dari? and also Farsi, each belonging to ethnic groups (tribes) with the same names. |
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*Turkish people speak Turkish, a language from a very different language group than Arabic. *Morocco: Besides the official [Classical Arabic]? being used by official bodies, as is the case in most Arabic-speaking countries, Moroccan-Arabic is the 'language of the street'. It is gramatically simpler, and has a less voluminous vocabulary than Classical Arabic. As in Algeria, most Moroccan-Arabs live in the north of the country. Other Moroccan languages are Berber? (Rif-Berber?, spoken by people from the Rif-mountains and Tiffanagh?, spoken by the Touareg?-people. *Tiffanagh can also be heard in Algeria, as well as Kabyl?, spoken by the Kabyl-Berbers in the north-east of Algeria. (Note: historically speaking the Kabyl people are christians). Another Algerian language is Chaoui?, spoken by the Chaoui, south-west of the Kabyl region. *Nigeria: languages of the Yoruba and Ibo tribes *Pakistan: Urdu *Bangladesh: *Malaysia: Malaysian? *Philippines: *Albania: Albanian?, or Shkiptar (English spelling?) *Bosnia: *Sudan: *Somalia: *Libya *Tunisia *Yemen *Iraq *Syria *? The Arabic language has many different 'branches'. Whether these are to be considered mere dialects or separate languages is a question of debate. The fact is, that it is not self-evident that all Arabic-speaking people understand each other when they speak. Each Arab country has developed it's own variant of Arabic: *The Arabic spoken in Egypt is very well understood by most Arabic-speaking people. One of the reasons for this is the flourishing Egyptian film industry. Their films are watched by millions of people in the Arabic-speaking world. Another reason may be the leading rôle of the Al-Ahzar University in Cairo in theological issues and in the intellectual world. *However, this does not mean an Egyptian will easily understand for instance an Arabic-speaking Moroccan. Not only are there many idiomatic differences, but in pronunciation and spelling as well. Egyptian Arabic is closer to Classical Arabic than is the case with Moroccan-Arabic. *Bible translations in several Arabic dialects/languages are in progress. This may eventually help decide the dialect/language matter. |
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